Storage medium accommodating apparatus, industrial computer, and method

Abstract

A storage medium accommodating apparatus for accommodating at least one storage medium of an industrial computer is provided. The accommodating unit includes at least one side wall including at least one guide groove, where the at least one guide groove includes an engagement section; and at least one support unit, where the at least one storage medium may be accommodated inside the at least one support unit, the at least one support unit includes a guide rail that is supported in a manner of being movable on the at least one guide groove, the at least one support unit includes an elastically deformable counter-engagement section, and the counter-engagement section is automatically engaged into the engagement section in a shape-fitting manner in a state that the at least one support unit is pushed into the accommodating unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A storage medium accommodating apparatus ( 35 ) for accommodating at least one storage medium ( 15 ) of an industrial computer ( 1 ), comprising:
 an accommodating unit ( 16 ), the accommodating unit comprising at east one side wall ( 20 ) comprising at east one guide groove ( 27 ,  28 ), wherein the at least one guide groove ( 27 ,  28 ) comprises an engagement section ( 29 ); and 
 at least one support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) comprising a front wall, wherein the at least one storage medium ( 15 ) is adapted to be accommodated inside the at least one support unit, the at least one support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) comprises a guide rail ( 44 ) that is supported in a manner of being movable on the at least one guide groove, the guide rail comprises a counter-engagement section ( 47 ) which is elastically deformable, and the counter-engagement section ( 47 ) is adapted to be automatically engaged into the engagement section ( 29 ) in a shape-fitting manner in a state wherein the at least one support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) is pushed into the accommodating unit ( 16 ), wherein the counter-engagement section comprises an unlocking element configured to disengage the counter-engagement section from the engagement section; 
 wherein the front wall comprises a gap and the unlocking element is adapted to manipulate through the gap to disengage the counter-engagement section. 
 
     
     
       2. The storage medium accommodating apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 Wherein the counter-engagement section ( 47 ) is disposed on the one guide rail ( 44 ). 
 
     
     
       3. The storage medium accommodating apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the counter-engagement section ( 47 ) comprises a spring section ( 50 ) which is elastically deformable and connected to the at least one guide rail ( 44 ). 
     
     
       4. The storage medium accommodating apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the counter-engagement section ( 47 ) comprises a locking element ( 48 ), and the locking element is engaged into the engagement section ( 29 ) in a shape-fitting manner in a pushed-in state of the at least one support unit ( 33 ,  34 ). 
     
     
       5. The storage medium accommodating apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a covering part ( 58 ), wherein the covering part is adapted to manipulate the unlocking element ( 49 ) and withdraw the at least one support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) from the accommodating unit ( 16 ). 
     
     
       6. The storage medium accommodating apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one guide groove ( 27 ,  28 ) comprises a first guide groove ( 27 ) and a second guide groove ( 28 ), the at least one support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) comprises a first support unit ( 33 ) and a second support unit ( 34 ), the at least one side wall ( 20 ) comprises the first guide groove ( 27 ) for the first support unit ( 33 ) and the second guide groove ( 28 ) for the second support unit ( 34 ), and the first guide groove ( 27 ) and the second guide groove ( 28 ) are disposed in such a way that the first support unit ( 33 ) and the second support unit ( 34 ) move away from each other in a process that the first support unit ( 33 ) and the second support unit ( 34 ) are pushed into the accommodating unit ( 16 ). 
     
     
       7. The storage medium accommodating apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein the at least one side wall ( 20 ) comprises a first side wall ( 19 ) and a second side wall ( 20 ), the accommodating unit ( 16 ) comprises the first side wall ( 19 ) comprising the first guide groove ( 25 ) and the second guide groove ( 26 ) and the second side wall ( 20 ) comprising the first guide groove ( 27 ) and the second guide groove ( 28 ) and disposed opposite to the first side wall ( 19 ), wherein the first support unit ( 33 ) is guided by both sides on the first guide groove ( 25 ,  27 ), and the second support unit ( 34 ) is guided by both sides on the second guide groove ( 26 ,  28 ). 
     
     
       8. The storage medium accommodating apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the first guide groove ( 27 ) and the second guide groove ( 28 ) of the second side wall ( 20 ) are respectively provided with one engagement section ( 29 ). 
     
     
       9. The storage medium accommodating apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein a printed circuit board ( 18 ) that encloses a back surface of the accommodating unit ( 16 ) is disposed between the first side wall ( 19 ) and the second side wall ( 20 ), and at least one electronic plug connector ( 32 ) for connecting to the at least one storage medium ( 15 ) in a plugging manner is disposed on the printed circuit board. 
     
     
       10. The storage medium accommodating apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) comprises a first guiding side wall ( 36 ) comprising a first guide rail ( 39 ) and a second guiding side wall ( 37 ) comprising a second guide rail ( 44 ), and the at least one storage medium ( 15 ) is adapted to be disposed between the first guiding side wall ( 36 ) and the second guiding side wall ( 37 ). 
     
     
       11. An industrial computer ( 1 ), comprising the storage medium accommodating apparatus ( 35 ) according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
       12. A method for accommodating a storage medium ( 15 ) into a storage medium accommodating apparatus ( 35 ) of an industrial computer ( 1 ), comprising the following steps:
 accommodating (S 1 ) the storage medium ( 15 ) into a support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) of the storage medium accommodating apparatus ( 35 ); 
 pushing (S 2 ) the support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) together with the storage medium ( 15 ) into an accommodating unit ( 16 ) of the storage medium accommodating apparatus ( 35 ), wherein a guide rail ( 44 ) of the support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) is guided on a guide groove ( 27 ,  28 ) of a side wall ( 20 ) of the accommodating unit ( 16 ); and 
 once the support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) is in a state of being pushed into the accommodating unit ( 16 ), automatically engaging (S 3 ) a counter-engagement section ( 47 ) which is elastically deformable of the support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) into an engagement section ( 29 ) of the guide groove ( 27 ,  28 ) in a shape-fitting manner; 
 wherein the counter-engagement section comprises an unlocking element configured to disengage the counter engagement section from the engagement section; wherein a front wall of the support unit comprises a gap; 
 wherein: to unlock (S 4 ) the counter-engagement section ( 47 ) and the engagement section ( 29 ), a covering part ( 58 ) of the storage medium accommodating apparatus ( 35 ) is pressed toward the unlocking element of the counter-engagement section ( 47 ) by passing through the gap of the front wall, so as to disengage the counter-engagement section from the engagement section ( 29 ), and the support unit ( 33 ,  34 ) is withdrawn from the accommodating unit ( 16 ) by means of the covering part ( 58 ).